Simon tofflee



UNITED STATES PATENT iOFFIGE.

SIMON TOFFLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ANNA TOFFLER AND FRANK WARNEGK, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

FLOOR-MAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,839, dated March 25,1884.

7 Application filed December 13, 1383. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be, it known that I, SIMON TOFFLER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Floor-Mats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in floor-mats of that class which are made of a series of transverse slats that are connected by hinge-joints, so that the mats can be readily rolled up whenever it is de sired to clean the floors or remove the mats; and the invention consists of a floor-mat made oi." a series of transverse slats which are con nected by U-shaped wire staples, the shanks of which are passed through holes of the slats. The staples are provided with eyes and an intermediate abutment atone end, said eyes being in one plane with the shanks of the staples, while the other ends are bent into eyes at right angles to the plane of the shanks, so as to connect with the eyes of the staples of the next adjoining slat.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 represents a plan of my improved floor-mat. Fig. 2 is a plan partly in sectionof a portion of the same drawn on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is an end view", partly in vertical transverse seotion, of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 shows detail views of two forms of staples employed for connecting the slats.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 1

In the drawings, A A representa seriesof wooden slats, of round or other cross-section, which are connected at two or more points by means of U-shapedwire'staples B, the shanks of which are passed through diametrical holes a of the slats A. The staples B are provided at one end with eyes 12 b and an intermediate bent section, b, which latter abuts against the slat A when-the shanks d d of the staples B are passed through the holes a a of the slat A. The eyesb b and the abutment b of the staples B are bent in such a manner that they are in the same plane with the shanks of the staple.

To connect the staples B B of one slat with the staples of the adjoining slat A, the shanks dd are first passed throughthe perforations aaand then bent at their ends at right angles to the shanks, the bent ends being inserted through the eyes I) b of the staples But the next slat and then clinched, so as to close up and form connecting-eyes e e at right angles to the plane of the staples B. The eyes 6 e of 5 5. i

the staples of one slat form thus a hinge-connection' with the eyes I) b of the staples of the next adjoining slat, so that the floor-mat can be quickly rolled up whenever it is desired to remove it from the floor for cleaning the latter or for other purposes. As each staple forms two eyes, the lateral shifting of the slats is entirely prevented. The staples B B are bent into shape by a suitable machine devised for this purpose, the ends of the staples being also bent and clinched. so as to form the eyes 6 e, by machines specially constructed for this purpose.

By making the staples'in the shape shown in Fig. 4: and preparing the slats by boring 7o the holes the floor-mats can be quickly assembled and furnished at low rates, so as to be specially applicable for many purposes for which cheap mats are required.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination of a series of transverse slats having diametrical holes with Ushaped wire staples, the shanks of which are passed through said holes, and provided at one end with eyes and an intermediate abutment and at the other end with eyes at right angles to the plane of the shank, the eyes of the staples of one slat connecting with the eyes of the staples of the adjoining slats, substantially as and 8 5 for the purpose set forth.

SIMON TOFFLEB.

Witnesses:

LOUIS G. RAEGENER, SIDNEY MANN. 

